I now have MILES TO WAIT as I will not be able to read the next installment of this book until April 2012. And, of course, Mr. Evans left me hanging from a cliff in the last two sentences of Miles to Go. That man is good at his work.
Miles to Go was AMAZING! For those of you who were inspired by The Walk, you need to read on. The Walk introduced readers to several main characters and a lot of characters who Alan met as he was walking. Miles to Go has a bit of a different focus due to the stabbing that occurred at the end of The Walk. In Miles to Go, we meet "Angel," Bill, and Christine, and Kailamai (who tells the FUNNIEST jokes!) and we get to know them all quite well. As I have said before, I would love to know these people. They are the sort of people who just might only exist in books, but we hope are real and really hope are our neighbors.
I'm not quite sure what else to say about Miles to Go. The lessons I learned from this book are too numerous to list. Here are the ones that stand out... Be kind to others, stick your neck out when it's important, and if you think you might be able to help someone in a way that no one ever has done before, you should try. Even if your help is shot down, give it a try. The effort sometimes is all a person might need.
It's a long time until April 2012. I guess maybe this is RPE's attempt at getting us to feel what Alan is feeling. He's walking from Washington State to Key West Florida. If he has to wait to achieve his goal, I guess the least I can do is wait to read about it. So off I go to wait and to read a bunch of other books in the meantime.
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